Fuel system

Claim 1

AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOZZLE ADAPTED TO DISCHARGE FUEL FOR MIXTURE WITH AIR, FLUID AMPLIFIER MEANS INCLUDING AN INTERACTION REGION AND AN INLET PORT OPENING INTO SAID INTERACTION REGION, A SOURCE OF LIQUID FUEL CONNECTED TO SAID INLET PORT FOR ISSUING A LIQUID FUEL STREAM ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH WITHIN SAID INTERACTION REGION, SAID FUEL STREAM HAVING A CERTAIN ENERGY STATE, AN AIR INLET FOR AIR FLOW TO THE ENGINE, A VENTURI IN SAID AIR INLET CONNECTED TO SAID INTERACTION REGION FOR SUPPLYING A PRESSURE SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE RATE OF AIR FLOW THROUGH SAID AIR INLET AND HAVING AN ENERGY STATE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THE ENERGY STATE OF THE LIQUID FUEL STREAM AND VARIATIONS OF WHICH CAUSE THE PATH OF THE FUEL STREAM TO VARY WITHIN SAID INTERACTION REGION IN PROPORTION TO THE PRESSURE SIGNAL VARIATIONS, SAID AMPLIFIER MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING OUTLET MEANS OPENING FROM SAID INTERACTION REGION FOR RECEIVING THE LIQUID FUEL STREAM, SAID OUTLET MEANS HAVING A PAIR OF OUTLETS AND A SPLITTER FOR DIVIDING THE LIQUID FUEL STREAM BETWEEN SAID OUTLETS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE FUEL STREAM AND FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARYING THE DIVISION OF THE FUEL STREAM OVER THE RANGE OF VARIATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE FUEL STREAM AND FOR DIRECTING AN INCREASED FLOW OF FUEL TO ONE OF SAID OUTLETS UPON A CHANGE IN THE PRESSURE SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF INCREASED AIR FLOW THROUG HSAID AIR INLET, PASSAGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID NOZZLE TO SAID ONE OUTLET FOR DIRECTING LIQUID FUEL FROM SAID ONE OUTLET TO SAID NOZZLE, AND REGULATING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE RATE OF FUEL FLOW THROUGH SAID INLET PORT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE VARIATIONS IN PRESSURE WITHIN SAID INTERACTION REGION CAUSED BY THE VENTURI PRESSURE SIGNAL.